To cuff or not to cuff? That is the question

Ashton Nash and Alexis Neely
Staff Writers

It is that time of year again! CUFFING SEASON! The weather is cooling off, and time is winding down for finding a “bae.”

“Bae is a cool nickname for the person you’re dating, and cuffing season is a time a lot of people start getting together,” said Demarcus Johnson, a freshman computer engineering major from Jackson, Miss.

The deadline is approaching to hurry and find this significant other to claim and to cuddle with on those chilly nights, and many people find themselves becoming a bit desperate for attention and affection.

Although the pressure to avoid being single at this time of year can sometimes seem unbearable, it is not always the best idea to force an encounter that simply is not meant to happen. If the circumstances are not ideal, the results for the quest to “cuff” someone can prove to be quite disastrous.

This season may mean everything to some but others may feel that there isn’t a reason for this unmarked holiday season or feeling.

“I don’t really care about cuffing season because it’s pointless to have a season made for that,” said Devonta Woods, senior physical education major from Shaw, Miss.

Cuffing season is not really a season, it is a feeling. Some may feel that being “cuffed” is a must just to fit in with the crowd. While others may feel that getting cuffed helps overcome the notion of loneliness.

“I wouldn’t say people have to be with a significant other, it’s kind of like how in the winter, bears hibernate. In the winter people stay inside and they want someone else to accompany them and they don’t necessarily want to feel alone so people tend to jump into a relationship with someone in the fall or winter rather than the summer or fall when they are being promiscuous,” said Keith Tobin, senior mass communications major from Joliet Ill.

Some people think about cuffing season more so than others. In Fabolous’ song entitled “Cuffing Season” he states, “Been naughty all year trying to end it nicely/ Summer girls turning into winter wifeys.”

The song affirms that being cuffed is the way that people perceive someone and the way that each individual presents themselves. Being cuffed is a feeling of wanting to be desired. Not being cuffed does not mean that something is wrong, it simply means that the person is waiting for the right person, regardless of the season.

Do not let the feeling of loneliness or social pressure to fit in take control and force you to succumb to cuffing.   Remember, warmer weather comes in the Spring.